Councillor Paul Ainslie (Ward 43 Scarborough East) and Councillor Pam McConnell (Ward 28 Toronto Centre Rosedale) will be joined by the Honourable Peter Kent, Minister of the Environment, on behalf of the Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State for FedDev Ontario, along with members of the community for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to officially open the new Regent Park Aquatic Centre.

The Centre was jointly funded by the Government of Canada, the Government of Ontario and the City of Toronto.

The high-tech, fully accessible aquatic facility was constructed with input from the local community. It features a lap pool, leisure pool, therapy pool, Tarzan rope, diving board, modesty blinds, universal change rooms, green roof, waterslide, large sliding glass doors that open onto a sun terrace and the first ultraviolet sanitation system in Toronto.

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